ther long or short the time
Upon the hill they spent,
Two thirds were passed in going up,
One third in the descent.
Two thirds at three, one third at six,
If rightly reckoned o'er,
Will make one whole at four--the tale
Is tangled now no more.

SIMPLE SUSAN.
MONEY SPINNER.

ANSWERS TO KNOT II.

Sec. 1. THE DINNER PARTY.

_Problem._--"The Governor of Kgovjni wants to give a very small dinner
party, and invites his father's brother-in-law, his brother's
father-in-law, his father-in-law's brother, and his brother-in-law's
father. Find the number of guests."

_Answer._--"One."

* * * * *

In this genealogy, males are denoted by capitals, and females by small
letters.

The Governor is E and his guest is C.

A = a
|
+------+-+----+
| | |
b = B D = d C = c
| | |
| +---++--+ +-+-+
| | | | | |
e = E | g = G |
F ========= f

Ten answers have been received. Of these, one is wrong, GALANTHUS
NIVALIS MAJOR, who insists on inviting _two_ guests, one being the
Governor's _wife's brother's father_. If she had taken his _sister's
husband's father_ instead, she would have found it possible to reduce
the guests to _one_.

Of the nine who send right answers, SEA-BREEZE is the very faintest
breath that ever bore the name! She simply states that the Governor's
uncle might fulfill all the conditions "by intermarriages"! "Wind of the
western sea," you have had a very narrow escape! Be thankful to appear
in the Class-list at all! BOG-OAK and BRADSHAW OF THE FUTURE use
genealogies which require 16 people instead of 14, by inviting the
Governor's _father's sister's husband_ instead of his _father's wife's
brother_. I cannot think this so good a solution as one that requires
only 14. CAIUS and VALENTINE deserve special mention as the only two who
have supplied genealogies.

CLASS LIST.

I.

BEE.
CAIUS.
M. M.
MATTHEW MATTICKS.
OLD CAT.
VALENTINE.

II.

BOG-OAK.
BRADSHAW OF THE FUTURE.

III.

SEA-BREEZE.

Sec. 2. THE LODGINGS.

_Problem._--"A Square has 20 doors on each side, which contains 21 equal
parts. They are numbered all round, beginning at one corner. From which
of the four, Nos. 9, 25, 52, 73, is the sum of the distance